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Americas
Amgen has filed a complaint against Apotex for allegedly infringing a patent centring on Sensipar tablets. 14 October 2016
Americas
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has succeeded in a patent infringement case against Shire Pharmaceuticals. 14 October 2016
Big Pharma
Pfizer has lost a battle against Actavis in a second medical use patent case centring on the drug Lyrica. 13 October 2016
Big Pharma
The English High Court has ruled on a competition case between NHS England and Servier, holding that Servier should be granted permission to re-amend its defence. 13 October 2016
Americas
The US Food and Drug Administration has released a final rule to reduce unnecessary litigation between brand owners and generic drugs producers. 12 October 2016
Asia
India-based Piramal Enterprises has signed an agreement with Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen under which Piramal will acquire five anaesthesia and pain management products for $155 million in cash. 12 October 2016
Americas
Mylan has agreed to pay the US Department of Justice and other government agencies $465 million to settle questions about the classification of EpiPen Auto-Injector under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. 11 October 2016
Americas
Pfizer has agreed to sell its infusion therapy business to US medical manufacturer ICU Medical for $1 billion. 11 October 2016
Americas
Ireland-based biopharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt and Endo, a US healthcare business, have won a patent case against Amneal and Teva. 10 October 2016
Africa
AstraZeneca and Cilag, an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson, have entered into an agreement for AstraZeneca to divest the rights to Rhinocort Aqua outside the US. 10 October 2016